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Where to Look for

Graduate Vacancies

Useful websites, newspapers

and employment agencies

The advice in this publication is designed to help you plan your job search

strategy.

Think about what you have read, turn it into action points and implement them.

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Contents

Recommended websites for general graduate vacancies ........................ 4

Regional websites and websites for students/graduates with disabilities....5

Websites around the UK with Vacancies................................................6

Newspapers and Journals...................................................................7

Employment Agencies.......................................................................11

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Recommended websites for general graduate vacancies

www.uclan.ac.uk/myfutures

The myfutures Job portal on the Futures website contains a

variety of vacancies, both regional and national.

www.prospects.ac.uk

The official UK Universities’ website for graduate job

vacancies, as well as information on careers, study and

training. The Job/Career Profiles include vacancy

sources.

Gradintel www.gradintel.com Gradintel is not a jobs board. It enables students and

graduates, when they register, to develop detailed

personal profiles that describe and showcase their

employability. This includes the results of psychometric

assessments and structured information on skills, experiences and preferences.

The system means that you are only contacted by employers about jobs or internships that

suit you.

www.blackandasiangrad.ac.uk Connects black and Asian students and

graduates with recruiters. Site includes help

with application process, case studies, work experience and graduate vacancies.

www.insidecareers.co.uk A wide range of current graduate vacancies.

www.graduate-jobs.com

Register at the site to receive personalised jobs

based on the subject studied at University.

www.graduatetrainingschemes.com

An easy–to-search site with mainly large graduate recruiters.

www.fledglings.net Industrial Placements & Graduate Careers.

www.monster.co.uk

Includes - job search; create CV; temporary/contract/interim jobs; featured employers and company profiles; “My monster”

– personal career centre, free e-mail updates, free e-zine; jobs and advice for particular

industries.

www.worktrain.gov.uk The national jobs and learning site. “Get your

future online with 1000’s of jobs and learning opportunities today”

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The following regional websites include graduate vacancies and work

experience placements:

Cornwall www.cornwall.ac.uk/ucp/index.php?page=_Home

Gloucestershire www.glos.ac.uk/businessandpartnerships/graduatechallenge/Pages/default.aspx

Ireland http://gradireland.com/graduate-jobs

Liverpool www.liverpoolfairs.org.uk/gradvantage/

North East England www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/jobs/employers/negd.php

Scotland www.agcasscotland.org.uk/site.php?content_id=20

Southern England www.graduatejobsouth.co.uk/home.aspx

South West England www.gradsouthwest.com/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/p!epmblbj

Wales www.gowales.co.uk/

West Midlands www.graduateadvantage.co.uk/home

Yorkshire www.graduatesyorkshire.co.uk/

Edinburgh and the Lothians www.graduatesforgrowth.co.uk

Additional websites for students/graduates with disabilities

www.opportunities.org.uk Organisation offering job hunting advice and promoting vacancies/ placements with large national companies.

www.scope.org.uk 12-month paid graduate positions with major UK companies

www.royaldeaf.org.uk Royal Association for Deaf People – includes vacancies with a range of employers and sectors.

www.bda.org.uk/ British Deaf Association – includes classified vacancies section with a range of public and private sector employers

www.rnid.org.uk Royal National Institute for Deaf People: detailed job search advice and vacancies with RNID and web links to major companies current recruitment schemes.

DEAF-UK JOBS A good email list of deaf related jobs. To join send blank email to deaf-uk-jobs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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Websites around the UK with Vacancies

Opportunity Links (www.opportunity-links.org.uk) Opportunity Links is a voluntary organisation which provides information, via the internet about jobs and training in Cambridgeshire.

Just London Jobs (www.justlondonjobs.co.uk)

Vacancies in all sectors across London

London Careers Net (www.londoncareers.net)

London Office Jobs (www.londonofficejobs.com) Permanent, temporary, part-time and contract work in London. Job categories include Banking, Finance, Accounting, Administration, Secretarial, HR and IT.

Sector 1.Net (www.sector1.net)

Jobs in local government and public sector across the UK but includes a large number in the north east of England.

North West Workplace (www.northwestworkplace.com) The North West Development Agency site where employers can post any number of job

vacancies on the database whilst job hunters can search for all types of positions across every industry sector.

ScottishJobsonthe.net (www.scottishjobsonthe.net)

MonsterScotland (www.monsterscotland.co.uk)

Scottish Appointments (www.scottishappointments.com) Recruitment service for Scottish employers.

Scotland.org (www.scotland.org)

Scotland.org is the flagship project of Smart Partnerships Across Networks (SPAN), a programme which is run by Scottish Enterprise.

Taskmaster Recruitment (www.taskmaster-recruitment.co.uk) General agency with branches mainly in northern England and Scotland.

Teaching in Scotland (www.teachinginscotland.com)

Cardiff Jobs (www.cardiffjobs.co.uk)

Vacancies in Cardiff and South Wales.

Prosper Recruitment (www.prosperec.co.uk) Prosper Recruitment is a unique recruitment consultancy, based in and owned by Welsh universities.

Welsh Jobs.com (www.welshjobs.com)

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Newspapers and Journals

Scan newspapers and journals regularly. All should be in the University Library. Many

employers advertise their vacancies through the national and specialist press but some will

use only regional or, in the case of Health and Local (Government) Authorities, mainly local

papers. These jobs will be for people currently or shortly available for employment, but the

advertisements also provide useful information about what is available and what

qualifications/experience particular kinds of employer require.

Daily Newspapers Each newspaper schedules job advertisements differently. The advertising schedules of selected

national and regional newspapers are:

Guardian http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/ Monday Media: creative, media and sales, marketing and PR, secretarial courses Tuesday Higher Education: senior, universities, research, HE Colleges, General HE courses

Education: senior, FE Colleges, General Education, Schools, TEFL Courses

Wednesday Society: public/social sector including health, housing, environment charities.

Also volunteers, courses. Thursday Online: IT, science and technology

Independent www.independent.co.uk Monday Media+: media, marketing, sales, PR and fund raising vacancies Tuesday Network+: IT, computing, network, technical and engineering vacancies Wednesday City+: secretarial, clerical, city, finance, insurance, accountancy and legal vacancies Thursday Education+/Graduate+: universities, colleges and schools courses, graduate and general

appointments. Friday Finance, media

Daily Telegraph www.jobs.telegraph.co.uk Tuesday General Wednesday Educational appointments Thursday General

The Times www.timesonline.co.uk Tuesday Legal appointments Wednesday Secretarial Thursday First executive, management executive, premier executive, education Friday Media and marketing

Manchester Evening News www.manchesteronline.co.uk Monday General Tuesday Management, professional, finance, secretarial/admin, executive appointments, call centres Wednesday Education, courses, building construction, south Manchester vacancies Thursday General, incl. marketing, call centres, official, social and community Friday General

Local Newspapers

Lancashire Lancashire Evening Post Lancashire Evening Telegraph

Blackpool Gazette

www.lancashirejobstoday.co.uk

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Cumbria North West Evening Mail

News and Star Cumberland Times Times and Star The Whitehaven News

www.cumbriajobfinder.co.uk

Weekly/Fortnightly Newspapers

Jobs North West

http://northwest.jobjourney.co.uk

Friday

Summary of jobs advertised in the

Manchester Evening News and free regional

newspapers.

Times Higher Education

http://www.thes.co.uk

Friday

University/college lectureships, research

assistantships, research awards, HE

administration

Times Education Supplement

www.tes.co.uk Friday

Teaching, FE colleges lecturing, education

administration

Selected list of Weekly/Monthly Periodicals and Associated Websites

Title Associated Vacancy Website Type of Work

ACB News Monthly www.acb.org.uk Clinical biochemistry

The Actuary Monthly www.actuaries.org.uk Actuarial work

The Appointment Monthly www.retailcareers.co.uk Opportunities in retailing

The Biomedical Scientist

Monthly www.careerscene.com Biomedical and laboratory vacancies available through free registration only.

Bookseller Friday www.theBookseller.com (by subscription)

Publishing

Broadcast Friday www.broadcastnow.co.uk Television, radio

Campaign Friday www.brandrepublic.com Advertising, marketing, market research, PR

Community Care Thursday www.community-care.co.uk Social work, community work

Computer Weekly Thursday www.computerweekly.co.uk Computer jobs

Computing Thursday www.vnunet.com IT and computing

Disability Now Monthly www.disabilitynow.org.uk

Vacancies for people with disabilities or work related to disability.

Economist Friday www.economist.com Finance and economic research

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Title Associated Vacancy Website Type of Work

Estates Gazette Saturday www.egi.co.uk Property, management, planning, surveying

The Grocer Weekly www.thegrocer.co.uk Food and drink retail industry – news and jobs

Health Service Journal Thursday www.hsj.co.uk NHS Administration, personnel, domestic services, etc.

ILAM Appointments Thursday www.ilam.co.uk Sports, leisure management

Inside Housing Friday www.insidehousing.co.uk Housing

Leisure Management Monthly www.leisuremedia.co.uk Sports & recreational management

Management Today Monthly www.managementtoday.co.uk

General – financial, marketing, people management

Marketing Week Thursday www.marketingweek.co.uk Marketing, advertising, sales, PR

Museums Journal Monthly www.museumsassociation.org

Museum work, art galleries

Nature Friday www.nature.com Science/engineering/research/academic/environment

New Scientist Thursday www.newscientist.com

University/college lectureships, research assistantships, research awards, HE admin in science/engineering, research associations, scientific civil service, R & D graduate vacancies.

North West Business Insider

Monthly www.insidermedia.com Charities, political research, pressure groups

Opportunities Thursday www.opportunities.co.uk Public services

Opportunities Abroad Monthly www.wse.org.uk Opportunities in development overseas

and in UK

People Management (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development)

Fortnightly

www.peoplemanagement.co.uk

Personnel, training and development

Personnel Today Monthly www.personneltoday.com Recruitment, personnel and training

Professional Engineering

Fortnightly www.pepublishing.com Magazine of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: recruitment of engineers

Public Finance Friday www.publicfinance.co.uk Accountancy and finance in the public sector

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Other relevant weekly or monthly publications include:

The Times Educational Supplement and The Higher Times Educational Supplement for openings in education

Arts News (issued in most geographical regions)

Stage & TV Today for openings in art and drama

Campaign, Marketing Week, Media Week for advertising vacancies

The Economist, Financial Times and Banking World for banking and securities

The British Medical Journal, The Lancet, New Scientist, Nature and The Ecologist for biochemistry, biology/conservation and environmental work

Engineering, The Engineer, Electronics Weekly (plus many others) for engineering opportunities

Classical Music, Music Teacher and Community Care for social work and

therapies

The Bookseller for publishing news and vacancies

Computing, Computer Design, Computer Weekly for systems analysis/computing

EFL Gazette for TEFL jobs

New Scientist for scientific, research and technical translating

The Linguist for translating…

The list seems endless. In fact, most professional bodies produce regular

publications which carry vacancies and, as a graduate, you can sometimes apply for student membership of a professional Institution or Association which will entitle

you to receive the bulletins. And many of the organisations’ websites have sections carrying job vacancies.

Opportunities that either target people with disabilities or are vacancies within disability-related work can be found in Disability Now, the Ready, Willing and Able bulletin and New

Beacon.

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Employment Agencies Private employment agencies tend to specialise in particular types of job and operate in

specific geographical areas. Most charge the employer, not the applicant, but it is advisable

to enquire about registration fees. Many are members of the Recruitment and Employment

Confederation (Recruitment & Employment Confederation, 36 Mortimer Street, London, W1N

7RB - web address http://www.rec.uk.com).

For advice relating to jobseekers with a disability and recruitment agencies,

there is a very detailed and helpful information sheet

(No. 28 in the series) on the Skill website (www.skill.org.uk).

Established employment agencies include:

Abacus Care Caring Profession www.abacuscare.com

Aquent Digital, Design and Marketing

Communications

www.pricejam.com

Ashfield Healthcare Ltd Medical Sales Reps www.ashfieldhealthcare.com

BBT (Beresford Blake

Thomas Ltd)

Health & Social Care www.bbtworldwide.com

Bladerunner Ltd Corporate Health & Fitness

Management

www.bladerunner.co.uk

Chase Recruitment Medical Sales Reps www.chasepharmajobs.com

Corinium Language

Associates Limited

Language Support Services www.coriniumlanguage.co.uk

Discovery Recruitment

Limited

Graduate jobs in all

industries

www.discovery-

recruitment.com

Darwin Rhodes Actuarial and Insurance

Market

www.darwinrhodes.com

Datatech Search And

Selection

Statistics and Operational

Research; Pharmaceutical

Industry

www.datatech.org.uk

D R Newitt & Associates

Limited

Management and Technical www.drnewitt.com

Estate Agency

Recruitment

Broad spectrum of property

market

www.estateagencyrecruit.co.uk

First Technical

Recruitment

Technical, Commercial and

Construction Recruitment

www.first-careers.co.uk

Fircroft Recruitment

Specialists

Many professions (mainly

experienced)

www.fircroft.co.uk

Fylde Office Service

Bureau Limited

Local Admin & Financial

www.fosb.com

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Global Career Company Overseas graduates: Africa,

Asia, Middle East, Eastern

and Central Europe

www.globalcareercompany.com

Graduate Recruitment

Bureau

Graduate jobs in all

industries

www.grb.uk.com

Hays Specialist

Recruitment

Variety of sectors www.hays.com

Intec Management and Technical

Worldwide

www.inteconline.co.uk

Jam Recruitment Commercial, Technical and

Sales in a broad spectrum

of Industry

www.jamjobs.co.uk

JPA Recruitment Graduate jobs www.j-p-a.co.uk

Leap29 Construction, IT, Legal and

Executive

www.leap29.com

Landers Recruitment Sales and Marketing www.landers-recruit.co.uk

MacDonald & Company Property www.macdonald.co.uk

Media Contacts Media www.media-contacts.co.uk

North West Place All Sectors in North West www.northwestworkplace.com

Nurserve Nursing vacancies www.nurserve.co.uk

Quantum Jobs All Sectors www.quantumgraduates.com

Reed Group Includes Engineering;

Property/ Construction/;

Scientific Recruitment

www.reed.co.uk

R K Group Ltd Specialises in Accountancy

Recruitment

www.rkgroup.co.uk

Reliance Care Social Care www.reliancecare.com

Retail Moves Fashion Retail www.retailmoves.com

SCI Search & Selection

Limited

Scientists www.sci-search.com

Spring Personnel Many professions www.spring.com

Synergy Recruitment Commercial, Technical and

Sales in a broad spectrum

of Industry

www.synergygroup.co.uk

The Ocean Partnership Financial Sector www.theoceanpartnership.com

UK Pharm Limited Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

Industry

www.ukpharm.com

Walker Hamill Finance and General

Management

www.walkerhamill.com

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up-to-date as possible, you should check with the appropriate organisations for the latest information. The University of Central Lancashire can accept no

responsibility for ensuring that the accuracy is absolute.

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